Articles from the May 24, 2019 edition

The Havre Police Department has announced it will be doing some extra work over the Memorial Day weekend, including at the cemetery. The department said in a release sent this morning that the extra patrols s are to ensure safe motor vehicle...

You know, Lord, here’s an interesting thought: what we are is more important that what we do! No matter what, there is always going to be someone in our “class/group,” with as much “smarts” and education as we have, doing what we want to...

Many of the ideas and Scriptures used in this article are from the book “Heaven” by Randy Alcorn. As I have aged my close range vision has suffered. I often wear cheaters in order to be able to read small print without great sunlight. In Heaven w...

The month of May is marked by two important events — graduation season and mental health awareness month. On the occasion of both, I want to talk about resiliency: “an ability to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change,” as...

All season long, the Havre High girls track team has dominated when it comes to the relay races, and this weekend, at the Class A state meet in Laurel, the Blue Ponies will look to finish at the top...

Out our way, I am always amazed and astonished at how the critters I work with are so much more loving and forgiving than I am. I have sometimes been in a bad mood and spoken harshly to Doc to Jack when they crossed me, I have whacked Doc with the...

Editor, Grazing and haying are commercial uses in our Beaver Creek Park that have substantial impacts on the economic and ecological circumstances of the park and should be of interest and concern to the citizens of Hill County that own the park. A...

I’ve been a big, fat, liar, liar, pants on fire all week long. I’d be more concerned with this uncharacteristic laps in moral standards, but I’ve been on vacation and I just can’t muster the energy to show the proper amount remorse. This...

Earlier this week, the Wounded Warrior Project offered a great “Statement for the Record” to the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee. WWP’s analysis focused on five different sections of “Senate Bill 785 — Commander John Scott Hannon...

By Emily Mayer Havre was preparing for the upcoming Memorial Day holiday, the first one since the end of World War I. The May 17, 1919, edition of The Havre Plaindealer carried this front-page news: WORLD WAR VETERANS MEMORIAL DAY PLANS Arrangements...

Lindsey Haney, daughter of Bryan and Cindy Haney of Chinook, has announced her upcoming marriage to Ryan Reibsom, son of Janet and the late Harry Reibsone of Concord, North Carolina, June 1 in Beaver...

Press release Montana State University-Northern Faculty Union President John Snider announced today that, in a proposal spearheaded by Northern business Professor Lanny Wilke, the rank and file of the union voted unanimously to approve $3,000 in...

From District 4 Human Resources Development Council District 4 Human Resources Development Council will be closed Monday, May 27, in observance of Memorial Day. District 4 HRDC will resume normal business hours Tuesday, May 28, at 8...

Press release The Havre Community Pool will be closed Saturday, May 25, Sunday, May 26, and Monday, May 27, in observance of Memorial Day weekend. For more information, people can call 265-8161 or 265-5781....

After lengthy review and work by Hill County Park Board and its grazing committee, Hill County Commission is scheduled to take a second reading and a final vote on a proposed ordinance setting haying and grazing policies in Beaver Creek Park. The...

During a lengthy meeting of the Streets and Sidewalk Committee of Havre’s City Council, city officials agreed to try to work to educate the public on special improvement districts — SIDs — that could be used to repair streets in the city....

The Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees will meet Tuesday at 12:15 p.m. in the Robins School Administration Building. The agenda for the meeting is: A. Call to order 1. Pledge of Allegiance 2. Roll call 3. Welcome to visitors 4. Agenda deletions...

From Farm Service Agency CRP Summer/Fall Managed Haying and grazing period begins July 16 A reminder that the Primary Nesting Season for CRP contracts is May 15 to July 15. Summer/Fall Managed haying and grazing period begins July 16 following Monta...